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State of the Word 2021
Mark your calendars; it’s almost time for State of the Word 2021!
State of the Word is the annual keynote address delivered by the WordPress project’s co-founder, Matt Mullenweg. Every year, the event allows us to reflect on the project’s progress and the future of open source.This year will include that and more.
Pagely Joins GoDaddy
GoDaddy, the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pagely, the company that invented Managed WordPress in 2009 and has led the category with top-tier solutions since. Leveraging Pagely's platform and cloud expertise, GoDaddy plans to build a world-class WooCommerce SaaS platform providing the highest levels of reliability, scalability, flexibility, security and performance.
WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 Delayed
A new date will be set for WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 so that 5.9’s exciting new features can be delivered in full, together with the intuitive, cohesive user experience. Beta 1 was originally scheduled for release yesterday and tentatively shifted to today to accommodate this. The overall schedule will be updated to reflect this and give contributors more time to collaborate further on the release.
